Democratic Turnhalle Alliance

The Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA), known as the Popular Democratic Movement from 4 November 2017, is a conservative political party in Namibia. The DTA was organized as the main opposition to the socialist SWAPO party, and the party was named after Windhoek's Turnhalle building, where the DTA was founded. The party won the 1978 election by a landslide, claiming 41 of the 50 seats. The South African government suspended elections during the 1980s as a result of the SWAPO guerrilla war against it, and DTA came distant second to SWAPO as a result of the 1989 election. On 4 November 2017, the party renamed itself to the "Popular Democratic Movement" to distance itself from its colonial past.